The Golden Age of Persia (History of Civilization (Phoenix))
by Richard Nelson Frye
List Price:
Our Price: $21.79
You Save: $0.16 (1%)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Buy Used: from $7.08 (click here)
Category: Book
See more book details and other editions
Book Summary Information
Author: Richard Nelson FryeEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2000-12
ISBN: 1842120115
Number of pages: 304
Publisher: Phoenix Press
Book Reviews of The Golden Age of Persia (History of Civilization (Phoenix))
Book Review: A display of superb scholarship
Summary: 5 Stars
Professor Frye dispell the myth perpetuated by the Islamists as well as europhiles that the classical period in Iranian history was one of meagre achievement. The small volume of extant sources showed a highly sophisticated culture and references to other works during the same period point to a highly literate society. Professor Frye reconstruct Sassanid Persia and identifies it as the source of the Islamic golden age that followed. Beautifully written, this is the book that can be used by any novice to start a soundly grounded historical odyssey as well as by the more experienced reader to correct many of her misconception.
Ancient Books
Book Subjects
- Arts & Photography
- Biographies & Memoirs
- Business & Investing
- Children's Books
- Comics & Graphic Novels
- Computers & Internet
- Cooking, Food & Wine
- Entertainment
- Gay & Lesbian
- Health, Mind & Body
- History
- Home & Garden
- Horror
- Law
- Literature & Fiction
- Mystery & Thrillers
- Nonfiction
- Outdoors & Nature
- Parenting & Families
- Professional & Technical
- Reference
- Religion & Spirituality
- Romance
- Science
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Sports
- Teens
- Travel
Most talked about in Ancient Books
Caesarby CHRISTIAN MEIER
HARPERCOLLINS; Published: 1995; Hardcover; Book
Sailing from Byzantium: How a Lost Empire Shaped the Worldby Colin Wells
Delacorte Press; Published: 2006-07-25; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $16.95
Price in other shops:
Mythologyby Edith Hamilton, Aphrodite Trust, Apollo Trust
Little, Brown and Company; Published: 1942-01-30; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $7.99
Price in other shops:
Forbidden Knowledge: From Prometheus To Pornographyby Roger Shattuck
St. Martin's Press; Published: 1996-08-15; Paperback; Book
Best price: $0.49
Price in other shops:
The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western Worldby Iain McGilchrist
Yale University Press; Published: 2009-12-15; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $178.75
The Taming of the Shrew (Oxford World's Classics)by William Shakespeare
Oxford University Press, USA; Published: 1999-05-13; Paperback; Book
Best price: $8.99
Price in other shops:
The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus: And a Selection from the Letters of Marcus and Fronto (Oxford World's Classics)by Marcus Aurelius Antonius
Oxford University Press, USA; Published: 1998-09-17; Paperback; Book
Best price: $73.35
Collapseby Jared Diamond
Penguin Audio; Published: 2004-12-29; Audio CD; Book
Best price: $18.71
Price in other shops:
The Annals of Imperial Rome (Penguin Classics)by Tacitus
Penguin Classics; Published: 1956-06-30; Paperback; Book
Best price: $5.63
Price in other shops:
Romanby Roman Polanski
HarperEntertainment; Published: 2003; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $136.85
Similar books summaries and other product reviews
Ancient Persia (Introductory Guides)by John Curtis
British Museum Press; Published: 2011-07-28; Paperback; Book
Best price: $12.59
Price in other shops:
An Introduction to Persian Revised 4th Editionby W. M. Thackston
IBEX Publishers; Published: 2009-01-01; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $40.94
Price in other shops:
The Shahnameh: The Persian Book of Kingsby Abolqasem Ferdowsi
Penguin Classics; Published: 2007-02-27; Paperback; Book
Best price: $13.39
Price in other shops:
History of the Persian Empire (Phoenix Bks.)by A.T. Olmstead
University Of Chicago Press; Published: 1959-02-15; Paperback; Book
Best price: $15.50
Price in other shops:
The Heritage of Persia (Bibliotheca Iranica, Reprint Series, No. 1)by Richard N. Frye
Mazda Publishers; Published: 1993-09; Paperback; Book
Best price: $17.99
Price in other shops: